Cat tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a cat's face in a soft watercolour style with blue, pink and purple washes and drips, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour cat on upper back
Full back tattoo in colour showing a white cat with pink ears, blue and red roses, daisies and skulls, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Cat, roses and skulls across a back
Fine line tattoo of a stretching cat in outline on the upper back of a person with their head bowed, lying on pale sand.
Stretching cat on upper back
Black ink tattoo on a calf of a banner scroll reading I WANT ALL OF THE CATS TO LOVE ME THE BEST, with cartoon cats, in traditional style with pink-red shading.
Cartoon cats on a banner across a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a grey tabby and an orange cat curled together inside a circle on the upper arm.
Two cats curled in a circle on upper arm
A tattooed forearm and hand resting a pineapple top on the head of a grey tabby cat, with black fine line tattoos including a loop design on the forearm and small marks on the hand.
Tattooed forearm holding a pineapple on a tabby cat
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty posed like a maneki-neko lucky cat, with a red bow, red flowers and a gold coin, on a forearm.
Hello Kitty as a lucky cat on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a tabby cat's head with a red flower and green leaves on the side of a person's neck.
Tabby cat and red flower on the neck
Colour traditional tattoo of a grey cat wearing a monocle and red bow tie, set within an ornate orange and red frame on a lower leg.
Cat in monocle and bow tie on a calf
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's grinning face in pink, green and blue on the forearm.
Watercolour Cheshire Cat on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a black cat wearing orange sunglasses, with a flower and leaves, on the top of a foot.
Cat in sunglasses with flower on a foot
Black and grey realism leg sleeve with a woman's face and a black cat on the calf, a three-eyed cat and ornate scrollwork with lettering on the ankle and foot.
Cat and woman portrait leg sleeve with scrollwork
Black ink fine line and dotwork tattoo of a cat head with a rose over one ear and lightning bolts below, centred on a person's upper back.
Cat head with rose and lightning bolts on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tabby cat's face on a forearm, held up beside a real tabby cat being carried by the body.
Realism cat portrait tattoo on a forearm
Man in a white vest holding a tabby kitten against his forearm, showing black ink script lettering on his chest and an ornamental tattoo on his arm and hand.
Script chest tattoo and forearm design with kitten
Small fine line tattoo of a white cat head with pink ears and one yellow and one blue eye, placed on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
White cat peeking on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of two cat heads stacked vertically on the inner forearm, with the wearer's hand and blue nail varnish visible below.
Two cat heads stacked on a forearm
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty wearing a red bow, set against a blurred rainbow wash with small multicoloured stars, on an upper arm.
Hello Kitty with stars on an arm
Teal cat eyes with dark linework tattooed on the thigh, with a faint feline face outlined around them.
Cat eyes tattoo on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat's face framed by an ornate orange, red and blue mandala on the outer thigh.
Cat portrait in an ornate mandala on a thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a cat's head framed by poppies, leaves and blossoms, covering the outer thigh.
Cat and botanical wreath on a thigh
A traditional style red rose tattoo with green leaves on a forearm, holding up a grey hairless cat against a plain white background.
Red rose tattoo on a forearm with a hairless cat
Colourful neo-trad tattoo of a cat silhouette filled with a sunset, green leaves, a yellow flower and a waterfall, on the forearm.
Cat silhouette with sunset and waterfall
Fine line black tattoo of a seated cat outline on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting just above it.
Small cat outline on the ribs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a long-haired grey cat with green eyes sitting on pink lotus flowers, with a blue halo behind, on the thigh.
Cat on lotus flowers on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of two cartoon cats curled together in a heart shape on a limb, with bold outlines and soft shading.
Two cats curled into a heart
Black ink tattoo of the grinning Cheshire Cat with a striped tail on the upper back near the left shoulder blade, in a simple graphic style.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on a shoulder
A solid black tattoo of a seated cat silhouette wearing a crown with a small cross on top, shown on skin in a close-up photograph.
Black cat silhouette wearing a crown
Colour tattoo on a person's chest showing two horned, furry monsters sitting on green grass with a small cat-like figure beside them on a blue wash background.
Horned creatures and a cat on the chest
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a cat's face with several eyes on the back of a hand.
Cat with multiple eyes on the back of a hand
Black line drawing of a sleeping cat with closed eyes, whiskers and its tail curled around its body, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Sleeping cat with curled tail line drawing
Black line drawing of a cat and a curled animal interwoven within a Celtic knotwork triangle, shown as a tattoo design.
Celtic knot cat in a triangle
Realistic grey cat with yellow eyes and two pink roses on a shoulder blade, set against blue and pink watercolour splashes.
Grey cat portrait with pink roses on a shoulder
Neo-traditional colour tattoos on both thighs, showing a horned ox in a red harness with yellow peonies on the left and a snarling white wolf with a chrysanthemum on the right.
Horned ox and snarling wolf on thighs
Fine line colour tattoo of a curled ginger cat with green leaves, blue and purple flowers and a small bird, placed on the ankle.
Sleeping ginger cat with flowers on ankle
Colour tattoo on a calf in a neo-traditional style showing the grinning Cheshire Cat with green eyes above a white rabbit with a red eye in a blue waistcoat.
Cheshire Cat and white rabbit on a calf
Small fine line tattoo of a cat outline inside a heart with two paw prints on the back of a hand, shown in black ink.
Cat heart and paw prints on the hand
Neo-traditional forearm tattoo of a hairless cat head above a red spiral sun and a beetle, with red, grey and black ink.
Cat and beetle neo-traditional forearm tattoo
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a cat looking back over its shoulder with a curled tail, on the upper back.
Black cat silhouette on upper back
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a sleeping face, a black cat and blue beaded chains on the forearm.
Crescent moon, black cat and beaded chains on a forearm
Black outlined Hello Kitty face with a pink bow tattoo on the lower back, above purple heart-print underwear.
Hello Kitty tattoo on the lower back
Two panels show a cat portrait tattooed on a forearm: a purple linework sketch on the left and a realistic black and grey version on the right.
Cat portrait on a forearm, sketch and finished
Black geometric cat face tattoo on a forearm, built from triangles and circles with dotwork shading.
Geometric cat face on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a cat wearing a top hat inside an ornate oval frame with flowers, on the outer thigh, with small amber accents on the eyes.
Cat in a top hat in an oval frame on thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of a cat with whiskers on the outer ankle, beside the heel, on a bare foot photographed against a pale background.
Small cat outline on an ankle
Coloured pencil drawing of a grinning grey Cheshire Cat design with blue stripes, a green Drink Me bottle, a red Eat Me tin and the words We're All Mad Here, shown as a flash design.
Cheshire Cat with Drink Me and Eat Me bottles
Realistic colour tattoo of a hairless Sphynx cat with large blue eyes, wrapped around the upper arm.
Sphynx cat portrait on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a smiling face and a black cat sitting on its curve, on an arm.
Crescent moon with face and black cat on an arm